Registering mechanism.



E. M. PHILLIPPE.

REGISTERING MEGHANISM. APPLICATION FILED 0018, 1907.

Patented Nov. 17, 1908.

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APPLICATION FILED OUT. 8, 1907.

Patented Nov. 17, 1908.

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EPHRIAM M. PHILLIPPE, OF RURAL RETREAT, VIRGINIA.

RE GISTE RING ME GHANISM.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EPI-IRIAM M. PHIL- I Lirrn, citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Rural Retreat, in the county of \Vythe and State ofVirginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRegistering Mechanisms, of which the following is a specification.

This invention contemplates certain new and useful improvements inregistering mechanism and the invention relates particularly to a tallydevice or register designed to be attached to a twine binder so as toautomatically count and register the sheaves of grain by the dozens,tens of dozens, and hundreds of dozens.

The invention has for its object a simple, durable and efiicientconstruction of mechanism of this character which will be accurate andpositive in its action so as to insure a proper count. And the inventionconsists in certain constructions, arrangements and combinations of theparts that I shall hereinafter fully describe and point out the noveldetails in the appended claim.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to thefollowing description and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved registering mechanism;Fig. 2 is a similar view thereof with the front of the casing raised orswung ackwardly; Fig. 3 is a face view looking into the casing; and,Fig. l is a horizontal sectional view.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

My invention comprises a box or casing 1 of any desired material, sizeand shape, provided with a back 2 to which the strap or bracket 3 issecured so as to attach the device to the binder. The casing 1 isprovided with front and rear plates at and 5 forming a compartment (3 atone end of the casing, said compartment communicating with the maininterior of the box or casing by means of the opening 7 in front of theback 2. A shaft: or axis 8 is secured in the end compartment 6 betweenthe front and rear end plates 4c and 5. A coil spring 9 encircles theshaft 8 and is secured at one end thereto or to the back of the casing,and at its other end to the handle 10 which extends out through an endslot 11 and which is mounted to rock in- Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed October 8, 1907.

Patented Nov. 1'7, 1908.

Serial No. 396, 16. 8.

termediate of its ends on the shaft and which is designed to beactuated, or make one stroke each time the binder discharges a bundle.The inner end of the handle 10 is forked as shown and a pull pawl 12 isswung between the members of the fork and depends loosely from the innerend of the handle, said pawl being designed for intermittent engagementwith the teeth 13 of a wheel A mounted on a stub shaft (1 projectingforwardly from the back 2 of the casing. A spring plate 1- is secured atone end in the end compartment 0 of the casing and projects through theopening T into the main compartment thereof below the toothed portion ofthe wheel A, and the pawl 12, in its downward movement afterengagementwith one tooth and preparatory to engagen'ient with the nexttooth of the wheel, slides downwardly and inwardly on said spring platewhich thereby directs the pawl towards the adjacent wheel Jr, the said.plate yielding si'ifliciently after the free end of the pawl has engagedthe wheel to allow the hook or nose of the pawl to ride past the saidnext tooth, the said plate then springing or snapping the pawl intooperative engagement with such tooth for a suc eeding actuation of thewheel as the pawl is pulled upwardly and outwardly by the rocking of thehandle 10 I,

under the tension of the coil spring 9.

The wheel A is provided with a single tappet 15 designed at thesuccessive revolutions of the wheel to engage the lugs 16 of anotherwheel B mounted on a stub shaft This latter wheel B is in turn formedwith a tappet 17 adapted to engage the lugs 18 of a third wheel C,journaled on the stub shaft 0. The wheel C is in turn provided with atappet 19 adapted to engage lugs 20 of a fourth wheel D mounted on astub shaft (Z.

In the present embodiment of the invention, it is designed that thefirst wheel (A shall register a dozen of bundles. It is therefore formedwith twelve teeth and on its outer face displays the graduations ornumbers from one up to eleven and zero. The wheel B is intended toregister the dozens and is actuated one tooth or lug at every revolutionof the wheel A. The wheel B contains graduations from one to ten, and ina. similar manner the wheels C and D contain graduations from one to tenand are each in turn rotated a distance of one gradnation at eachcomplete revolution of the wheels 13 and C, respectively, so that itwill be understood that the wheel A will register time when their lugsare engaged by the tappets of the other wheels, each of the wheels B, Cand D is formed with peripheral scallops 21 designed to bear against thecircular periphery of the neXt adjacent wheel, and each of the wheels A,B and C is provided with a recess 23 in contiguity to its tappet, sothat the scalloped wheels will be permitted to turn by the scallopspassing through the recesses, when positively moved by the tappets. But,obviously, such wheels can not turn at any other time, as the points ofthe scallops would bind against the periphery of the next adjacentwheel.

The front 24 of the casing is preferably hinged to the top thereof andis held closed by a hook or any other fastening device and said front ordoor is provided with sight openings 25 in registry with the graduationsof the respective wheels A, B, C and D. Disks 26 are secured to theinner wall of the front or door 24 in registry with the ends of the stubshafts a, b, c and d, and are designed to abut against the outer ends ofsaid shafts and extend over the respective wheels, so as to secure thewheels in place. By this arrangement, it is obvious that by merelyswinging the door open, said wheels may be removed, as they are merelyheld in place by the disks 26 secured to the front or door 24.

In order to hold the ratchet wheel A against turning in a backwarddirection, I provide the spring detent 27 which is preferably in theform of a plate or leaf spring and which is secured in place,preferably, by two blocks 28 fastened to the back of the casing l andholding the intermediate portion of the spring detent between theirupper ends and the stub shafts b and c. The rear end of the plate springdetent 27 extends underneath the stub shaft (Z, while the opposite endis free, and is designed to enter the spaces between the ratchet teethof the wheel A and snap over said teeth in succession as the pawl turnssaid wheel, while at the same time, it is obvious that this end of thespring will effectually prevent the wheel from turning backwardly.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

An apparatus of the character described, comprising a casing providedwith an end compartment and separated from the main interior of thecasing, a back, and an opening leading from said compartment to the maininterior of the casing in front of the back, a transverse shaft mountedin said end compartment, a handle fulcrumed intermediate of its ends 011said shaft and held stationary at one end having its other end securedto the handle, a pawl loosely mounted and suspended from the inner endof the handle, a spring plate rigidly secured at one end in the casingand in the end compartment thereof and projecting inwardly through saidopening, the inner end of said spring plate being free and susceptibleof being depressed, the pawl being designed to slide downwardly andinwardly upon said plate whereby the lower free end of-the pawl isforced inwardly as the pawl moves downwardly, and a wheel is providedwith a ratchet designed for engagement with said pawl, the spring beingarranged to direct the pawl into engagement with the ratchet wheel, asand for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EPHRIAM M. PHILLIPPE.

Witnesses:

M. E. MYERS, C. M. HANNA.

